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In his book Best in travel, international travel guide Lonely Planet reported that Nicaragua is the second international destination to travel cheaper in 2011.

Nicaragua is one of the few countries in Central America where, for a daily fee of about $ 15 you can enjoy nature and culture sunbathing in a hammock on Corn Island, live music in the colonial cities of Leon and Granada, climbing volcanoes (Conception and Madera’s) on the island of Onetime, “referred to the guide.

Besides valuation, the travel guide also placed the colonial city of Leon as one of the ten cities in the world to visit again.

This year, the Nicaraguan Institute of Tourism (INTUR) investing more than $ 3 million to promote the nation as a tourist destination, which is doubling the advertising budget they had in previous years.

The director of Promotion and Marketing INTUR, July Video, reported that this year is budgeted 72 million Cordoba’s ($ 3.2 million) for tourism promotion.

Nicaragua plans for this 2011, a 7.9% growth in tourist arrivals and 6% in revenues contributed by tourism, with regard to 2010, when the country visited by 1.1 million tourists, 8.5% more than in 2009.

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